As you read the BLOG, what I’d ask is for your patience and tolerance. Give the ideas and insights some time to sink in. Test them and work with them. Some of the concepts are easy to get, difficult to put into practice.
Think about the fact that, as described in the Knowledge Model, there is:-
• stuff you know you know about KK
• stuff you know you don’t know (for me, for example, I know I don’t know how to speak Japanese) KDK
• stuff you don’t know you know DKK
• and finally, the tricky one, stuff you don’t know you don’t know DKDK
As you go through you’ll probably hit all four, I’m sure some areas will spark your interest more than others. If that is so then you can do further research. The internet via Google or some other search engine will get you started.
Other Resources
I think the main areas I have used in my journey are:-
• Self help / personal growth
• Leadership
• Spiritual / personal growth
• Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP)
• Neuroscience
• Relationship building and management
What I would also say, looking back on what I have read on my journey, is that I would use this BLOG as a base or foundation, since it is not tied to a particular arena e.g. NLP, spiritual awakening etc it in fact will highlight where you may want more information.. Some of the books that have influenced me are :-
• Living Magically —————————————————–Gill Edwards
o Ego deconstruct and linking psychology to spirituality
• End the Struggle & dance with life———————————-Susan Jeffers
o “The road is smooth, why do you throw rocks before you?”
• How to get what you want & want what you get———————-John Gray
o “God will not do for you what you can do for yourself”
• Your best year yet—————————————————Jinny Ditzler
o How to be in control of the next year of your life and not a victim
• The power is within you———————————————Louise L Hay
o Love yourself
• The secret of creating your future————————-———-Tad James
o Seven frames for creating the future
• Difficult conversations———————————————-Anne Dickson
o Effective communication
• Changing belief systems with NLP————————-———-Robert Dilts
o Methods for belief change that work
• I’m OK You’re OK——————————————-———-Thomas A Harris
o OK Corral, scripts, games people play, Parent -Adult- Child
• Leadership and Self Deception————————————-Arbinger Institute
o In the Box, collusion
• Everything Belongs————————————————-Richard Rohr
o Uncovering spirituality
• Awareness ———————————————————Anthony De Mello
o Wake up, you’re sleeping through life!
• Emotional intelligence———————————————Daniel Goleman
o Becoming self aware
• The seat of the soul————————————————Gary Zukav
o Aligning Soul and personality
• The Power of Now ————————————————-Eckhart Tolle
o Becoming spiritually aware
• A New Earth ——————————————————-Eckhart Tolle
o More spiritually aware
• Your Brain at Work ————————————————-David Rock
o About the brain and how it works
• Coaching with the Brain in Mind ————————————David Rock
o Using knowledge of how the brain works in Coaching
Some other resources
Quiet Leadership————————————-David Rock
Introducing NLP ——————————-John Seymour et al
Chimp Paradox————————————-Steve Peters
I (Heart) me ————————————-David Hamilton
Thinking fast Thinking slow———————–Daniel Kahneman
Five Dysfunctions of a Team————————Patrick Lencioni
The Road less travelled ——————————M Scott Peck
Neuroscience of Leadership————————-Tara Swart et al
Type talk at work (Myers Briggs)———————–Otto Kreuger
Women’s Bodies Women’s Wisdom—————Dr Christian Nordrop Co-Active coaching——————-Whitworth Kimsey-House et al Coaching for performance———-——————–John Whitmore
Approach this BLOG with your mind operating in the same way a parachute does i.e. when it is open! Or maybe like the red kite, in a curious way, to see if this part of the book is ‘food’ for you.
Remember also, as King Solomon said, “There is nothing new under the sun.”